#480D16#480D16

#480D16 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.088 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#480D16
RGB	rgb(72, 13, 22)
HSL	hsl(351, 69%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(351, 82%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.9%, 69.4%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.97, 28.17, 10.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.97, 30.13, 20.79°)
OKLab	oklab(26.93% 0.0841 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(26.93% 0.088 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9615, 1.7239, 0.9357)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#480D16 #0D483F

analogous

#480D34 #480D16 #48220D

triadic

#480D16 #16480D #0D1648

tetradic

#480D16 #34480D #0D483F #220D48

square

#480D16 #34480D #0D483F #220D48

split-complementary

#480D16 #0D4822 #0D3448

monochromatic

#1A0508 #1A0508 #480D16 #7C1626 #B02036

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.62

#480D16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#480D16 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #480D16

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##480D16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##480D16	1.00	15.62	1.34	15.62
#FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C2814

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#500011

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #480d16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 13, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.088 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805152',
    500: '#480d16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #480d16;
$custom-light: #805152;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#480d16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 13,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.847,
    "s": 69.412,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26933,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#480D16

secondary

#2D8376

accent

#ECD13C

background

#F8F4F4

surface

#EFE7E7

border

#CAC3C3

text

#0B0202

muted

#7C7878

Preview Lab

Preview with #480D16

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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